The mental game is critical to sports–and improving mental health can boost both kids’ mental game and performance. That’s the word from Laura Erickson-Schroth, chief medical officer at The Jed Foundation, which works in schools and sports organizations to help kids improve their mental health. Related Sports Psychology Articles *Subscribe … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Kids and teens say they lack connections with adults in their schools, says Paul Caccamo, CEO and founder, Up2Us, a coach training program. Youth coaches can fill in the gap and build resilience, improved focus and self-esteem in young athletes, he says. To meet that goal, Up2Us partners with schools … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Does Your Athlete Have too Many Coaches? Do you have an athlete who seems to be regressing in their sport? Many athletes don’t improve when they have too many coaches or are making too many changes. In this sports psychology video about learning motor skills, Dr. Cohn answers a question … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Watch this video to learn how to explain mental training to your young athlete and help them understand the benefits of applying mental skills. What your athletes don’t understand, they will shy away from. You want to educate your athletes on the benefits of mental training and how it can … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What is “Choking” — Crumble Under Pressure. Some examples of chokers: Choking is under performing during pressure moments of a game or competition. The problem is not about kids’ ability to perform. It’s about performing under pressure. For chokers, pressure becomes overwhelming and interferes with performing in the moment. When … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Help Your Athletes Stop Tearing Down Themselves Are your sports kids critical of themselves? After every mistake or bad game, do they put themselves down? When kids criticize themselves excessively, they experience fractured confidence, low motivation and under performance. The criticism also creates a loop: they perform badly…they … Read Sport Psychology Tip